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The George Washington University
Friday, April 01, 2016
Tags: solar, Solar Institute, Colleges and Universities
The George Washington University
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Tags: community gardens, urban garden, Colleges and Universities
The George Washington University
Friday, April 01, 2016
Tags: urban garden, community gardens, education
George Washington University
Saturday, February 18, 2017
GW students are lobbying the university's board of trustees to stop investing its endowment in fossil fuel companies and reinvest in clean energy.
Tags: fossil free, storyfest2017
The George Washington University
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
As the awareness of the perniciousness of plastic grows, companies and universities are implementing initiatives to go plastic free. GW was the first university in Washington, D.C., to do so.
Tags: storyfest2022, Video, single-use plastic, GWU, plastic policy, Policy, behavior change, plastic, Waste
The George Washington University
Friday, April 01, 2016
The George Washington University has begun adding green roofs to it's existing buildings and incorporating them into new building designs to help keep storm water on site.
Tags: green roof, stormwater management, runoff
The George Washington University
Wednesday, March 06, 2019
Amongst a concrete jungle lies wildlife most of us have chosen to ignore, except this campus grounds manager and his university, who seek to redefine what it means to be on campus.
Tags: sustainable GW, Bees, horticulture, GWU, storyfest2019, ecology, landscapes
Student shows off their newly decorated Didómi bottle. (Brian Bishop/Didómi)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
George Washington University kicked off its campaign to distribute 30,000 reusable water bottles to the GW community through a partnership with Didómi.
Tags: plastic waste, recycling, sustainablegw, single use plastics, The George Washington University
The George Washington University, Spring 2016 Editorial Intern
Thursday, February 25, 2016
College students all over the nation are uniting to send safe water to Flint, Michigan in the midst of their water crisis.
Tags: flint, clean water, contaminated water, michigan, The George Washington University
Planet Forward
Thursday, August 26, 2010
By Victoria Riess, Mark Abramson and Haley Lesavoy
The George Washington University's Food Justice Alliance and the Office of Sustainability work with the Foggy Bottom community to educate and reduce their impact on the environment.